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V The Chronicle Strives Tip Be A Ctna Nr paper. Complete, News: and Reliable Volume LVII Clinton, S. C. # Thursday, July 26,1956 Number 30 Grassland Development Increasing Clinton High School to Offer Textile Training Ryan F. Lawson, of the Hopewell community, chairman of the board of district supervisors, Lau rens County Soil Conservation district is shown in a bottomland pasture* of bermuda grass, dalles grass, and white clover on his farm. This lush pasture was made by draining swampland with ditches blown with dynamite several years ago. ' '( • Progress Made in Soil Conservation In County During Past Six Months J32 Fanners Assisted In Application Farmers cooperating with the Laurens County Seal Sonservation district made considerable prog- J ress in the application of soil and water C0h«eryation measures on , ''■ <W 'V»W(W/W<V(W|W»V«V|VJW«W/V|W|V«Vl their farms during the first six months of this year, according to Ryan F. Lawson, chairman of the Board of District Supervisors. Records maintained at the Soil Conservation Service office show that 132 fanners were assisted in applying one or more related con servation measures on their farms. Thirty (farmers were assisted by 60$ technicians in working out complete conservation plans to “nail down” the top. spil on their farms. • Seventeen farm ponds were built during the first half of this year. This is eight less than were built during the first half of last year I but stiU large enough to intBiftatc considerable interest in waiter - conservation. While the wet spring resulted in a decrease in pond building, it caused an increase in the seeding of meadow outlets in natural draws for water disposal and the building of terraces. Perennial vegetation was planted on sixty- one acres for water management areas, and twenty-two miles of terraces were built in the district during the first half of 1956. Abner P. Stockman, of Green wood, who owns the former S. L. Moore farm near Waterloo, led the district in sericea planting. He seeded 76 acres of steep land to this long-lived bay, grazing and seed crop. Sixty-eight other farm- P ers planted 062 acres of sericea. This is 421 more acres than were planted during the same period of last year. J. H. Thomason, of Mountvilie, planted more trees than any other district cooperator. Seventy-five acres were planted by Mr. Thom ason. This brings bis total of new ly planted pines to well over 200 , acres. Forty other fanners plant ed 347,000 pines during the past season. Soil Conservation Service tech nicians assisted other oooperators in applying additional conserva tion measures such as, pasture seeding on 1,017 acres. 1,674 acres of crop rotations, contour farming on 1,082 acres, woodland thinning, 28^jacres, fish pond improvement on 31 ponds, stubble mulching 2,- 046 acres, wildlife area improve ment and many other practices needed to keep the soil producing now and for the future. In many cases the farmers re ceived cocrt-sharing payments to help them with their conservation work through the agricultural con servation program. Mr. Lawson said the super visors of the Laurens district ap preciate the fine cooperation of the farmers and all the agricul tural workers who have helped in the district program. Attend Industrial Relations Conference A number of men from Clinton and Joanna attended an Indus trial Relations conference at the Blue Ridge Hotel at Black Moun- Crocker, Joel Cox and Julian Reynolds. From Lydia: Claude Sims and Glenn Gaskins. (From Joanna: James P. Sloan, D. J. Buchanan, Mason Rowland, E. J. Willingham, C. N. Franks. John H. Hunter, Walter Waits and Carl Franzen. Joanna Continues To Lead Carolina With Three Games The Carolina Textile league wound up its week’s schedule with Joanna still leading the pack by three games. They led by four games after Friday’s win over Ninety-Six,, but the Indians came back Saturday night to toss Joan na’s Hornets for a loss. Friday's Rasults Joanna 10, Ninety-Six 7. Whitmire 8, Calhoun Falls 2. Mathews 6, Greenwood 5. Saturday's Results Ninety-Six 6, Joanna 2. Whitmire 13, Calhoun Falls 0. Mathews - Greenwood (wet field). This Week's Gams# Friday— Mathews at Joanna. Whitmire at Greenwood. Ninety-Six at Calhoun Falls. Saturday— Joanna at Mathews. Greenwood at Whitmire. Calhoun Falls at Ninety-Six. The Standing Mills of Section Cooperate in Move Vocational textile training will be offered at Clinton high school this fall for the first time, ac cording to an announcement by W ,R. Anderson, superintendent of Laurens County School Dis trict No. 56. Through cooperttion of Clinton-Lydia Cotton Mills and Joanna Cotton Mills, machinery will be provided and installed in the vocational building of the new high school and a course of study set up. Plans call for a two-year course including a one-hour class period and a one and a half hour labora tory period. For the initial year only the first-year course will be offered, with the two-year train ing taught thereafter. Each year’s course will give two hours credit, cne for the classroom work and cne for the lab. The curriculum will include cotton mill mathematics, cotton textile manufacturing, and safety and good housekeepnig; opera tion, maintenance, and repair of textile machinery will be taught during the lab period. Skills practiced will include weaving, spinning, doffing, running cards, drawing, and fly frames. Lab oratory work will simulate as nearly as possible actual working conditions. Instructor for the course will be Alvin H. Clarke, a Clemson graduate of 1952, who has bean assistant overseer of weaving at the J. P. Stevens Company, Sla ter plant. Mr. Clarke will arriv* in Clinton this week with his wife, the former Thelma Leopard, of Wattsville, and their two chil dren. Equipment for the course in cludes a card, drawing frame ! (four deliveries), roving frame |tthirty-!rix s pin dies), spinning I I frame (seventy-two spindles), four looms, and a draw-in stand. Stock (laps and warp) will also be furnished by Joanna Cotton Mills and vClinton-Lydia Cotton Mills. “This course fills a long-felt need at Clinton high school,” stated Mr. Anderson. ‘The school administration is grateful to Clinton-Lydia Cotton Mills and Joanna Cotton Mills for their co operation in furnishing machin ery and stock for this course and Attending Synod Meet In Columbia The Presbyterian Synod of South Carolina is in session in Columbia and a number of repre-- sentatives from Clinton are in at tendance Dr. W. R. Turner, pastor, pas tor, and Marshall W. Brown, : ruling elder, are representing the 1 First Presbyterian church. Among others attending are: Dr. M. A. Macdonald, president Joanna Brings in Gusher for their assistance in planning i of Thomwell Orphanage, and pastor of Thornwell Memorial church, and Allen Johnson, min isterial student; Rev. Kenneth Pollock, pastor of Lydia Presby terian church, and J. B Neal, elder; and Carter Wright, elder from the Rock Bridge church, of which Mr Pollock is also pastor. and setting up the curriculum for our students.” Funeral Services Held On Sunday For Mrs. J. S. Norris tain, N. C., last week. W L Included in the group were per- Joanna 17 7 sonnel from Clinton, Lydia and Whitmire 17 10 Joanna Cotton Mills, and George Mathews 12 11 Massey, manager of the Clinton Ninety-Six 12 12 Chamber of Commerce. Greenwood 11 12 (From Clinton Mills: Claude Calhoun Falls 5 19 ATTEND REUNION The following from here attend ed the Chandler family reunion in Cowpens on Sunday: Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Ramage, Sr., and Mrs. A. A. Ramage, Jr., and son, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ramage and children* Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Ramage, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Chandler, Miss Viola Chandler, Mrs. Maggie Chandler and Mrs. Gertrude Cope land. Trustee Entry Deadline Is at Noon on Tuesday The deadline for filing ae can- Education will make the appodnt- didates for posts as trustees in School Districts 55 and 56 in the county is July 31. at 12 o'clock noon. The act providing for the elec tion of trustees sets the date for the election as the second Tuesday in August—the 14th. The name of a nominee with a petition for his nomination signed by at least 12 electors, must be in A the bands of the County Board of Education at least 14 days before the date of the election. Under the act, two trustees are to be elected from the Clinton area, and one each from Joanna, Lydia Mill, the Mountvilie area and the Cross Hill area, to serve from District 56. The County Board will name a seventh man to act as chairman. ~ In District 56—the Laprens area —a like procedure will be follow ed, with two trustees representing the Laurens attendance area, and one each from the Ford, Hickory Tavern, Gray Court-Owinga, Ger- Ungton Street (Laurens Mills) areas. Also, a seventh trustee will be named by the County Board of Education, who will be ttje chair* - jf The act also provides that in the event no candidates announce for the poets, the County Board or bur* ments Heretofore appointments as trus tees have been made by the Coun ty Board of Education. In a ref erendum held on June 12 voters of the county voted by a large ma jority to elect the trustees. Present members of the board for District 56 submitted the re quired petitions as candidates in the forthcoming election yester day afternoon or would do so this rooming, it was learned yester day. They are: J. J. Cornwall and George Huguley, of Clinton; James T. Addison, of Joanna; Jake Rasor, of Cross Hill; and Col. John B. Cooley, of Mount- vile. Dave Roberts, of the Lydia area, to be a new member of the board, was also included among the candidates submitting pe titions. LOSES MOTHER Friends of Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Edwins will sympathize with them in the death of the former’s moth er, Mrs. Cattle Van Ocean Edwins, 76. Mrs. Edwins pawed away Fri day at the Towman home in Orangeburg and funeral services were held Sunday afternoon with burial at Bunnyslde in Earlier in the week, on Wed nesday night the Western Caro- hna All-Stars came from behind to take a win from the Carolina League All-Stars at Joanna, 7-5, in their annual all-star game. Church School For Presbyterians Being Held This Week Approximately 100 Presbyte rian women leaders are assem bled at Presbyterian college this week for the second annual area Laboratory school for the Synods of Georgia and South Carolina. The school will extend through Friday, using faciliites at PC and the Clinton First Presbyterian church. It is developed to provide lab oratory experiences for teachers and leaders of nursery, kinder garten, primary and junior chil dren in the two synods. The school is sponsored jointly by the Christian Education committees of the two synods and the depart ments of leadership education and children’s work of the Gen eral Assembly’s Board of Chris tian Education. Each laboratory course in cludes study of the following areas: characteristics of a given age group; ways for guiding chil dren as they learn; use of the Bi ble and other materials; suitable organization and program; and guidance to the teacher in evalu ating her work. Family Missions Night At Joanna Baptist A church “Family Missions Night” will be held at the Joanna Baptist church tonight (Thurs day) at 7:30. Miss Martha Franks, of Lau rens, will be the guest speaker. Miss Franks is a former mission ary to Cftina, and has recently returned from Formosa. Tbe pastor, Rev. James B. Mitchell, extends an invitation to the public to attend. FEW DATS Of IV. C. Mrs. A. M. Copeland and Mrs. C. Bynum Betts spent a few days last week at Bon darken, N. C. Dr. Bowling Speaks On Mental Health (Dr. Lawson H. Bowlin*, Jr., clinical director of the South Car- oliM Hospital, was me guest speaker Tuesday eveninf at the meeting of the Laurens County Mental Health association at Laur ens Federal Savings and Loan building in Laurens. He traced the development of treatment of mental patients from the earliest times to the present and spoke of the wonderful im provement. “'nirough the com bined efforts of enlightened and organized non-professional people and trained professional people an emotionally sick person may expect to get understanding and help, not inquisition, condemna tion and punishment,” Dr. Bow ling said as his concluding remark. At the business session, presid ed over by the president, Dr. S. E. B. Reeves, the group’s constitu tion and by-laws were adopted. Mrs. lone Wallace led in group singing and other entertainment. Several hundred were in atten dance at the dinner meeting, in cluding representatives of clubs and industries throughout the county. Joanna Woman's Club Announces New Officer Slate New officers of the Joanna Woman’s club are Mrs. Nathan Brazel, president; Mrs. Lavima Cooley, first vice president; Mrs. Carl Frazen, second vice presi dent; Mrs. Dollie M. Carr and pdrs. Frances Warner, co-vice presi dents; Mrs. James Simpson, sec retary; Mrs. Arthur League, treas urer, and Mrs. Carr, correspond ing secretary. Thirty-five members have sign ed up for the annual week-end trip. They will leave Joanna Aug ust 3 by chartered bus for Atlan ta. Funeral services fro Mrs. Be rtha Brown Norris. 62, wife of J. Sloan Norris, were conducted Sunday afternooti at 3:30 at Bai ley Memorial Methodist church by Rev. J. P. Roquemore, pastor, and the Rev. J. W. Spillers. pastor of Calvary Baptist church. Burial was in Rosemont cemetery, with nephews serving as pallbearers. Mrs. Norris died suddenly Fri day afternoon at her home on Shands street. She was a native of Spartan burg county, but had made her home in Laumes county most of her life. She was a daughter of the late Perry and Sallie Weath ers Brown. She was a member of Bailey Memorial Methodist church. Surviving are her husband, J Sloan Norris, of Clinton; one son. Winfred H. Norris, of Clinton: two daughters, Mrs. B. M. Dutton, of Clinton; and Mrs. S. V. Thoma son, of Charleston; one step- daughter, Mrs. OUie Barber, of Easley; two step-sons, R. A. Nor ris, of Piedmont; and J. M. Nor ris, of Greenville; nine grandchil dren; three sisters, Mrs. Minnie Lo*04i», vt Joanna; Mrs. W. C. Whitle^, of Bessemer City, N. C; and Mrs. Susie Barnes, of Lau rens; one brother, C. C. Brown, of Key West, Fla. Vic Mdntire Joins Presbyterian Coaching Staff A new assistant foobtall coach has been signed by Presbyterian college, athletic director Walter A. Johnson announced today. He is Vic Mdntire, a young Ohio gridman, who replaces Jerry Wampfler as line coach and head baseball mentor. Mdntire, age 27. will come here from Wooster (Ohio) high where he has coached for the past five years. A native of Wellsville, Ohio, he starred as an athlete at Kent State university, playing as defen sive linebacker in football, and re ceived his BS degree in education from that institution. He also has done work toward a master’s de gree. Johnson said that Mdntire comes to Presbyterian college highly rec ommended by football authorities. The new assistant is expected to report here within the next week or two to begin making plans with head coach Bill Crutchfield and as sistant Russ Murphy for the start of pre-season practice on Septem ber 1. ~ Mdntire is married and has an infant son. They are members of the Methodist church. Teeter, Scout Exec. Makes Home Here Jim Teeter, field Scout execu tive for the Bhie Ridge Council, Boy Scouts of America, has moved to Clinton with Mrs. Teeter and small son, Jimmy, and they are residing at 403 East Florida street. They formerly made their home in Laurens. Mr. Teeter will serve Laurens and Newberry counties Boy Scout groups. He has just completed his first year in professional scouting, having been an Eagle Scout and assistant Scoutmaster in Concord, N. C., prior to entering profession al scouting. In thsas day* of diminishing supplies of water from walls in this area. Joanna Mills company hit the jackpot in its efforts to provide more water for the community whan a gusher was brought in recently that produces 400 gallons a minute. That is more than half a million gallons a day. and just about equals its present sup ply from 14 wells in that area. When one considers that a wall that produces from five to tea gallons a minute is ample for the average home, the new 400-gal lon well at Joanna is a real find, and for the present solves the community's water problem. A 30-horsepower pump will bo in stalled in the well. It was stated that the now water supply was located with e "di vining rod" or forked green twig. v Clinton Surges Ahead of Greer In Takes First Two Games; Third Scheduled (or Last Night Revival Center To Have 9-Week Series Of Services The Rev. E. D. Johnson, pastor of the Clinton Revival Center, has announced a nine-week series of revival services to begin Monday, July 30, and closing September 30. The services will be in the old Casino theatre building on South Broad street, which is air-condi tioned. Nine preachers have been en gaged for the services, Mr. John son stated, one for each week of the series. A song service will feature each meeting, beginning at 730. The Clinton Revival Center is a non-denominational organtekoc, and the pubhc is invited to attend the services. Taking the first two games of a three-out-of-five series, the Clin- Legion Juniors went into last night's game at Joanna a top- heavy favorite to wind up the se ries with three straight victories over Greer for the up-state cham pionship. The game was being played as The Chronicle was printed. Opening the series at their home park at Joanna, the Clinton Legionnaires took at 3-1 ball game behind the two-hit pitching of June Raines. Raines also was responsible for all of his team’s runs, scoring two of them and driving in the other. He turned in a fine performance, both at bat and on the mound. He had Greer handcuffed until the eighth inning, when Eubanks i Strickland hobbled and another Sease then followed with a triple (or the fin»l tally. The teams moved up to Greer for the second game of the senes Tuesday night, and Clinton again emerged as victors, 5-1. William Archie, on the mound for Clinton, turned iql a 3-hit per formance, two singles and a home run. Greer got into, hot water in the first inning when Clinton scored three runs that could npver be overcome. Witfiout benefit of a base hit, the visitors tallied when Pearson walked. Smith reached base by error, Raines w&lked and S^ase walked to force in the run. Clinton got two more before the inning closed. Cooley hit to second base where Mickey singled. The second hit was a sin gle by Greer's pitcher, Donnie Dill, wKh two out in tht ninth. Dill went to second on Mickey Strickland’s walk, to put the tying runs on base. Raines turned on the steam and fanned Eubanks for the final out. Clinton jumped into an early lead when Raines singled, Billy Sease walked and Mike Cooley singled home the run. Greer tied it on a walk to Harvey, a two- base error and a wild pitch. A two-run sixth finally decided the issue in favor of Clinton.’ Fred die Samples singled to lead it oiff and Raines tripled him home. run crossed. Then a fielder’s choice permitted the last tally of the frame. That was plenty for Archie, who handcuffed Greer on two singles and Don Abbott’s long home run for the rest of the game. Clinton scored a couple of more legitimate runs in the eighth to sew it up. A walk to Smith, Raines’ triple and a sacrifice fly brought the two scores in. Billy Cooper pitched well for Greer after his wild streak in the first. He gave up only five hits. The victory was Archie’s sixth without a setback. Duck Pearson, Clinton's short stop, turned in a stellar perform ance at Greer Tuesday night. He for three and was the defensive led his team’s hitting with two star with his brilliant play in the field. In the game at Joanna last night Wallace .Patterson, unbeat en righthander (3-0), was sched uled to do the pitching for Clin ton. In the event that Greer was the winner of last night’s game, the series will return to Greer for Thursday night’s game, and continue on a home-and-home basis. However, if Clinton takes the game scheduled for last night it will sew up the championship of the up-state. The winner will play the cham pion of the Iftwer state area^ which is now being decided by the NoiHh Charleston-Conway se ries. The schedule for playoffs will probably be flipped, and the the state championship will be a four-out-of-seven affair. A coin winner will take the first two games to his home park. The next three vyill be played in the opponent’s park. If no victor has emerged by then, the senes will return to the original park for the final two games. Phone Co-op Annual i * : Q Meet Be Held August 4 Mrs. George Taylor .. leaves For Brazil • _ Mrs. Georg^JlV. Taylor, a resi dent of Canton and bursar of Presbyterian college since 1944, left this week to return to the foreign mission field she left more than 16 years ago. The trip, which will eventually carry her back to Brazil, will take her firit to visit relatives in Wil- mingtoh, N. C., and New York. She will fly from Washiingbcxi to Miami on Friday, August 3, and from there to the same station in Garanhuns, Brazil, where she and her husband served until his death in 1943. ? Mrs. Taylor will serve as dorm itory bouse mother, treasurer and dietitian for the Bible school at Garanhuns Pernambuco. She has expressed regret over leaving Clinton and PC, but said she felt a strong call from God to help meet the critical emergency which has arisen at the mission Bible school. Upon leaving Clinton this week, Mrs. Taylor will go to Wilmington to visit her daughter, Frances, new Mrs. Don Roberts, and she plans to spend several days in New York with her sister, Mrs. Ed Goudy. The Piedmont Rural Telephone Cooperative, Inc., will hold its annual meeting in the Agricul tural building in Laurens Satur day, August 4, at 2:00 p. m. J. W. Tinsley, Trinity Ridge community, is chairman; James D. Wasson, of Hickory Tavern, is vice-chairman; Furman Thoma son, of Trinity Ridge community, secretary and treasurer; Jerry Stoddard, Laurens, manager The nominating committee, consisting of Sam Fleming, Ora, M. B. Heiderson, Owings, Hall Fleming, Enoree, and Royden Mitchell, Poplar Springs com munity, met June 29 and recom- Wood Assigned To Aircraft Carrier Navy Chief Warrant Officer Louie E. Wood received orders to report aboard the attack air craft carrier USS Randolph while serving at the Fleet Sonar School, Key West, Fla. He is the son of Mrs. Ora Wood of 406 West Pitts St., Clinton. While serving in Key West, Wood earned a bachelor of law degree through a correspondence course. He entered the Navy in 1999. mended the names of those direc tors whose terms expire this year to be placed on i the ballots for reelection to \hi board. They are: James D. Wasson, Hickory Taverii; E. J- Poole, Enoree; W E. Bell, Renno: J. R. Coker. Big Popla}; and J. M. Babb. Gray Court4 Other members of the board'whose terms have not ex pired are: Tinsley. Thomason, Roy DeShields. Lanford. and Tommie Blakely, Ora. The nominating committee also recommended the following per sons to appear on the ballot as candidates: Clyde Crocker, Ware Shoals; L. N. Cook, Gray Court; Sam Compton, Long Branch; W. M. Nash, Jr., Mema; and Lowell Watkins, Ware Shoals. The Piedmont Rural Telephone Cooperative Inc., has 1733 miles of wire, 24.6 miles of cable, and 1210 subscribers in Laurens, Ab beville, Spartanburg and New berry counties. In addition to the regular busi ness matters of the cooperative being taken up, several door priz es will be given to the holder of lucky numbers, including elecrtic window fan, electric ice cream chum, deep fat fryer, electric frying pan, steam iron* electric clock, and one extension tele phone for a year. Adoir Family Has Reunion July 15 \ The family of the late Mr. and Mrs. (Minnie Copeland) R. Press Adair held a reunion Sunday, July 15. About ninety-five attended the event at the Americart Legion home here. Out-of-town visitors here for the occasion included Dr. and Mrs. J. B. Kay, Mrs. Dick Allen'’ and children who will leave soon to join Col Alien in Korea, all of Byron, Ga.; Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Dukes, Fort Valley, Ga.; Mr. nad Mrs. Ralph R. Adair, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph P. Adair, Jr., Miss Mary land McCurdy, Mr and Mrs. George Bissinet and children, Mr. and Mrs. W H. Meadors,* Macon, Ga ; Dr and Mrs. J. B. Kay, Jr., and children, Mr. and Mrs. Ser- dinand Kay, Augusta, G«.; Mrs. William Pelham and children, of Washington, D. C.; Mr. and Mrs. A. F. McCurdy, and son. Tommy, Summerville, Ga.; Mrs. O. T. Law- mg, Mrs. Sam Hutchinson, Greer; Mr. and Mrs. John McMillin, In man; Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Johneoh and children, Greer; Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Du la and k>n, Joe Adair, J.' R. Adair and son, Laurena; Mr. and Mrs. Harry Phillips. Sr., Spar tanburg; Mr. and Mrs. Alec Cruickshanks, of Point Pleasant, West, Va., Mrs. June Criap Pitta, Washington; Hubert Adair, of Greenville. Mr. and Mrs. Bobby Adair and children, of Columbus, Ohio, who had planned to attend were ia an auto accident just before leaving for South Carolina and their car was badly damaged.